The Crocodile's Toothache

The Crocodile went to the dentist,
And sat down in the chair,
And the dentist said,
"Now tell me, sir,Why does it hurt and where?"
And the Crocodile said,
"I'll tell you the truth, I have a terrible ache in my tooth,"
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
That the dentist, he climbed right inside,
And the dentist laughed, "Oh isn't this fun?"
As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.
And the Crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so!
Please put down your pliers and let me go."
But the dentist just laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,
And he said, "I still have twelve to go--
Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess,
But what's one crocodile's tooth, more or less?"
Then suddenly, the jaws went SNAP,
And the dentist was gone, right off the map,
And where he went one could only guess...
To North or South or East or West...
He left no forwarding address.
But what's one dentist, more or less?
-Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

I pulled this book off the shelf to read some of the poems to Cambren the other day. (This was the actual copy that I had when I was younger. Big thanks to my mom for saving it for me!) I loved/love Shel Silverstein!

This reminded me of my brother, Ben, who is serving in Iraq right now as a dentist for the troops there. I was missing him especially yesterday when I took all of my kids to their dentist appointments only to find out that we won't be sending them to college because all of that money now belongs to Dr. D! UGH!!